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tell us more about it. this is persuasion, different than sangria combo price is learning and understanding what is the obstacle for this person is there something about what i understand my life and may experience to open up the possibility they would vote with us. it's extraordinary. .. the. >> let folks are going to lose this opportunity for same-sex marriage. the reality of it is that, you know, first of all, there are black people. there are black people who happen to be clear. >> imagine that. [laughter] >> there are black queer people and people who are not clear who actually support fairness and equality and don't believe in discrimination. like my mother. my mother is just a regular person, you know, she is not political. but what she said right after the election was, well, this is really a civil rights issue and that people are using the bible to confuse the matter. and i thought, yeah, that is so true. it is true. it really is a civil rights matter. the truth is that it is a civil rights issue y
tell us more about it. this is persuasion, different than sangria combo price is learning and understanding what is the obstacle for this person is there something about what i understand my life and may experience to open up the possibility they would vote with us. it's extraordinary. .. the. >> let folks are going to lose this opportunity for same-sex marriage. the reality of it is that, you know, first of all, there are black people. there are black people who happen to be clear....
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it's not all about us. there are things going on in china that have absolutely nothing to do with us. i think where it does become something to do with us is how do we treat china through these issues, how do we manage the relationships when they are clearly having these convulsions internally. i mean, the issue -- this is about a corrupt party official the way moby dick is the story about a whale. i mean, a little more going on there. [laughter] i think we need to, we need to try to understand it a lot better than we do, and certainly a lot better than some of our media tries. so i think where it is getting very dicey, though, is in as dick solomon suggests the sort of social compact is beginning to fall apart there where growth is not going to be present in china, and what is this doing to the aspirations of the society that has clearly, clearly outgrown the economic process, especially when the economic process isn't doing what it was supposed to or clearly out -- i'm sorry, clearly outgrown the politica
it's not all about us. there are things going on in china that have absolutely nothing to do with us. i think where it does become something to do with us is how do we treat china through these issues, how do we manage the relationships when they are clearly having these convulsions internally. i mean, the issue -- this is about a corrupt party official the way moby dick is the story about a whale. i mean, a little more going on there. [laughter] i think we need to, we need to try to understand...
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because that would give us, you know, that would give us non-tie. on the values question, and, we have -- i think that sometimes we forget that the united states during most of its history has been a cultural diverse country. from the colonial times. i think those of us who grew up with, remember the universal popular cultures, the radio entertainment programs, the movies of the 1930s and '40s, television and '50s, early '60s. there was immediate set up where there's a huge advantage to a popular culture that appeals to everybody. and you had this sort of purÉed in which we had that come a very strong popular culture in some cases. we don't live in a kind of country anymore. we have 133 cable channels. we have lost the language of the universal culture. we have differing values as we did in the past. the founders established a federal government with limited powers, with a lot of room for states, localities and voluntary associations to do much of societies work. and they specifically made the federal government neutral on religion. states could ha
because that would give us, you know, that would give us non-tie. on the values question, and, we have -- i think that sometimes we forget that the united states during most of its history has been a cultural diverse country. from the colonial times. i think those of us who grew up with, remember the universal popular cultures, the radio entertainment programs, the movies of the 1930s and '40s, television and '50s, early '60s. there was immediate set up where there's a huge advantage to a...
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focus on us not what divides you as politicians, focus on us. and i don't offer misplaced optimism often. because in washington you can get pessimistic quick. but i do have confidence there is path way on tax reform, on continued education reform, on doing some smart things around energy. and that's the test of the ment and the leaders in the senate and houses. can they come together post election. and for a period of time put your needs and the needs of the country first. and i have a great deal of confidence we'll do that. so i look forward to talking to you about the election that just happened. [applause] >> thank you for having me back. it's great to be back at the university of delaware and thank you for coming. when we look at this election in 2012, republicans should not be diluted about the magnitude of the president's reelection victory. this was a big night for the democrats not just at a presidential level but also look across the country in the u.s. senate seats. and for my fellow republicans in the room to quote john mccain it's al
focus on us not what divides you as politicians, focus on us. and i don't offer misplaced optimism often. because in washington you can get pessimistic quick. but i do have confidence there is path way on tax reform, on continued education reform, on doing some smart things around energy. and that's the test of the ment and the leaders in the senate and houses. can they come together post election. and for a period of time put your needs and the needs of the country first. and i have a great...